Following the Be Square Production logo, there is a brief scene where one of Alton’s guests breaks his plates. This is a custom at Greek parties whose origins are uncertain (because a wide variety of speculation exists).

Alton: Most people assume that a gyro sandwich, which as far as I’m concerned is the finest sandwich on Earth, is impossible to make at home. This, of course, is not so. All it takes is a little semi-specialized equipment, a little know-how, and a serious appetite for... (Good Eats theme plays)

Alton: Leonardo da Vinci, by the way, conceived of a spit system that was rotated by a windmill that was kind of mounted up inside the chimney and pushed by the rising smoke.

Alton: (as he skewers a meatloaf) I am not a doctor... but that has got to hurt!

Alton: Well, it’s only been fifteen minutes and our gyro loaf is already looking golden brown and delicious.

Alton: I realize that some of you are forced to live grill-less lives, and because of that you think that you cannot have a rotisserie and therefore homemade gyro. And you might be seduced by one of these tabletop rotisseries that you see on late night television. Well, please do not do it. I have taken them all for a spin, and trust me – they don’t get hot enough; they’re too small to get the moist air away from the food; they’re difficult to clean; they’re impossible to load... Although they will cook food eventually, they will not roast it properly. No, sir, if you want rotisserie at home, you’re going to have to think like MacGyver.

Alton: We’ll think like Teddy Roosevelt, who said, “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

Alton: Carry over is a beautiful thing.

This episode’s title is a reference to the movie 2002 film My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Alton mentions the Spin & Roast 3000 and uses the phrase “close the door and ignore” during his discussion of countertop rotisserie units mock Ron Popeil's and Ronco’s line of rotisseries, and their tagline: “set it and forget it.” Ronco ads are staples of "paid promotion" programs, and most of them are for their line of indoor rotisseries, one of their most popular.

Alton puts together a home version of the upright rotisserie unit seen in many Greek restaurants, referring to it as a MacGyver. That term, from Richard Dean Anderson's title role in MacGyver, has become synonymous with any kind of clever, jury-rigged solution to a problem because on the show, MacGyver routinely invented his way out of trouble, usually with commonly available items.

Alton's "MacGyver," a gyro roaster based on commonly available items (the home center stocks most of it) effectively illustrates the most important difference between Good Eats and a lot of other shows on the air - engineering. With his rotisserie, a pie pan, some heating duct, a pair of electrical grill starters and some spring clamps, Alton constructs a gyro cooker that's basically like those found in Greek sub shops. This homemade gadget won't handle the same volumes, but it will certainly manage as many gyros as an amateur chef is likely to want.